Product Details

Dayton Audio RS180-4 7" Reference Woofer 4 Ohm

The Dayton Audio Reference Series sets a new standard of value in high-performance loudspeaker drivers. Utilizing a low-distortion motor system with two short-circuit paths and a rigid aluminum cone, the Reference Series can outperform drivers that cost several times the price. Their low-distortion characteristics and high excursion capabilities provide exceptional clarity, detail, and dynamics. Woofer features a black anodized cone, heavy-duty 6-hole cast frame, low-loss rubber surround, solid aluminum phase plug, rubber magnet boot, and gold spring terminals.

Warning: California residents only. Please note per Proposition 65 that this product may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.

Reviews

Rated 5 out of 5 by StephenS from DAYTON AUDIO 7INCH SUBWOOFERI brought 2 of these for my old Yamaha YST-50SW.They work perfectly

Date published: 2014-07-21

Rated 5 out of 5 by Geoffme from Great woofers!I bought these to mate with my seas 27TAFNC tweeters, and they did the trick!They sounded great and were very easy to work with! Great product from a great manufacturer.

Date published: 2014-06-21

Rated 4 out of 5 by JuicyK from I am pleased with these.I installed these along with a set of Vifa NE25VTS-04 1" Silk tweeters in my 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada, Crossover duties are handled by an Alpine CDA-9835 Source Unit and they are being powered by a Hifonics HFi 55.4 amp. I have had a few different sets of speakers in my truck (they were all Coax), and this new setup I have installed blows them all away! I have these currently bandpassed at 80hz with a 18db slope and they are being ran up to 1600hz with a 12db slope. After playing with it for a little bit I got these and the tweeters to blend together pretty well.It may be my tune, or my doors not being fully treated, but they do not play low end as loud as I had hoped. Like I said it may be my install. I am still stoked about my purchase, my setup sounds even better than I thought it would. I am a big fan of Dayton Audio now.The woofer feels to be of great build quality, the surround is a little floppy but I assume it was designed that way to play the way it does.In my 02' Bravada I did have to make new baffles out of MDF to mount it. But that was not a big deal.

Date published: 2014-03-13

Rated 3 out of 5 by Bayside from Jack of all trades master of none.This speaker has severe cone breakup above 3000hz. This makes it VERY difficult to find a tweeter that plays low enough without distorting.If using a 12db passive crossover I would low pass this woofer at 2000hz. Any higher and during female vocal solo's the cone breakup will be become very noticeable.One of the few tweeters that can run a 2000hz 12db slope passive highpass is the Dayton Reference RS-28. This combined with a 6db Lpad on the tweeters gives excellent sound quality up to moderate volume levels.Running an active crossover with steeper 24db slopes allows the woofer to be low passed at 2500hz without any audible cone breakup. This higher frequency, steeper slope crossover point allows a greater selection of tweeters and allows smaller format tweeters to be used.The build quality and clarity of sound below 1000hz is exceptional.

Date published: 2013-06-07

Rated 5 out of 5 by Speed3.0 from Big bass in a small packageI bought these for use in my GTI doors to replace the stock speakers. In my car, the midbass location is less than ideal (speaker fires right into your butt) so I built a 3/4cuft sealed enclosure for each door to move the midbass to the bottom front of the door card.These were run active off of a DEH-80PRS with a bandwidth of 60-3000 htz dirven by a Linear Power 952 at 45 watts per channel.All I can say is in this configuration, in my car, I could get by without a subwoofer and be happy. These speakers love to hammer out the midbass all day long and sound good doing it.I combined these with the RS-28 tweeters run active from 3000 up on a modified Linear Power 452iq at 40 watts and had a great sounding front stage with great depth and width to about a foot outside the A pillar.Really worth looking at these if you like serious up front midbass.

Date published: 2013-03-23

Rated 5 out of 5 by ricekake from Name brand killerI like trying from the unknown...Audiomobile, Elemental Designs etc..both from back in the day but were solid performers compared to big name guys. The Reference 7 drops right in my door and the Reference 4 drops right in the dash...no mods needed. The car is a 2012 Sonata and the only processing is from a JBL MS8. So what are these speakers replacing? A $500 Hybrid Audio L3SE set and a $300 Hybrid Audio Imagine 6.5 set. The Reference 7 is so clean and clear its amazing. Combined withe Reference 4 they create such a huge, crisp and powerful front stage with such detail. No lie ...this set up cost nothing compared to what it replaced and was worth every penny. I'm thinkin of replacing my IDQ 10 for the HO Dayton next!!!! Get em!!!!

Product Q&A

Get your questions answered from other customerswho own this product or have experience with it.If your question requires design or troubleshooting information,please email tech@parts-expresss.com for a prompt reply.

Dayton Audio RS180-4 7" Reference Woofer 4 Ohm

Installed for rears of car yesterday, and sound great! But my amp doesn't have low pass setting, so looking at your Harrison FMOD (12dB slope) crossovers for this. Use 1kHz or 2.5kHz for midbass? Fronts & sub are good and set.

Asked by: D_k_Y

This depends on the range you want these to cover. Generally a mid-bass will be crossed around 2-3kHz. If these are just for rear fill, 2.5kHz should work well.

Answered by: MattP

Date published: 2015-01-13

Can someone provide plans for a t line tower using this driver tuned to 30 hz or so..will mainly be used for music vifa xtwt tweeter active crossover(dcx 2496)

Asked by: murphmann

I recommend asking this question on the Parts Express Tech Talk forum. You are more likely to get a complete answer there. I am not aware of any existing designs that meet your requirements, but one could probably be created from scratch for you (if you ask nicely) by a forum member.

Answered by: DaytonAudio_Rory

Date published: 2015-01-23

I have an 03 Toyota Sequoia with a JBL 10 speaker system, the front speakers are blown. what replacement speaker would you recommend?

Asked by: Creek

Please contact our tech support for more help with this question, tech@parts-express.com or 800-338-0531 x1.

Answered by: MattP

Date published: 2014-10-15

the description says "Excellent car audio midrange/midbass". does that mean it will work in door/IB or does it need to be boxed?

Asked by: knobbies

These will work well in an IB or free air configuration but a subwoofer is recommended for anything lower than 60-80 Hz in most applications.

Answered by: MattP

Date published: 2014-10-13

Would a zobel network be worth the added expense?

Asked by: MaybeBigfootIsBlurry

This is impossible to answer without knowing any other details. Please contact our tech support for more help with this question, tech@parts-express.com or 800-338-0531 x1.

Answered by: MattP

Date published: 2014-10-06

What would the sensitivity be for 3 of these closely spaced together wired in series in a ported enclosure? SPL at 1w/1m and 2.83v/1m? Thanks

Asked by: PoolGuy

The sensitivity of any drivers wired in series will not change from a single driver, so in this case it will still be 89.5 dB 2.83v/1m and roughly 86.5 1W/1m.